~Small Favors~*

Lily sighed happily and descended the stairs into the dungeon. She walked into the Potions classroom and set her bag down at her seat. She walked over to where Severus sat. He looked up and smiled.

"Hey, long time no see. What's up?" Lily smirked.

"Nothing much, what about you." Severus shrugged.

"Just studying and getting work done." He said with a smile. Lily nodded.

"Nice. Do we have anything important to do today?" She asked.

"No. Why?" Lily shrugged.

"Just curious. I need to study for a test in Divination and I thought I could slip in a few minuets during class." Snape nodded.

"Just keep taking notes like you do and Slughorn won't get concerned. He likes you because you take notes and are always on top of things in his class." Lily smiled.

"Thanks." Severus nodded with a smirk.

"So are you ready for the hogsmead trip tomorrow?" Lily looked at him curiously.

"What hogsmead trip?" Severus raised his eyebrows at her.

"The hogsmead trip we have tomorrow on the thirtieth. Remember?" Lily shrugged and smiled.

"I guess I forgot." Lily admitted. Severus smirked.

"Nice." He said with a laugh.

"Alright class, take your seats!" Professor Slughorn walked jovially into the classroom and waved his wand lazily at the black board. They had to read about a certain potion that was in their book and write a five-page essay telling about it. Lily sighed and quickly moved back to her seat. She pulled out her Potions book and her Divination book. She flipped to the right page in her Potions book and opened her Divination book on top of it.

"I have to get in some studying." She thought as she began to read over her notes on the properties of tealeaves and smoke reading. They had been studying smoke and tea leaf reading for a while and where expected to know all the smoke patterns and there meanings. The same went for the tealeaves. Lily studied for part of the hour. She felt that she had most of it learned and could remember it so she put her Divination book away and began to read the assigned pages in her potions book. She had only gotten done with two pages of the essay when class was dismissed.

Lily gathered her books and slung her bag over her shoulder. She walked with Snape out of the classroom.

"So, who are you hanging out with tomorrow in Hogsmead?" Lily smirked.

"Mare will probably want to go to Madame Malkins to look at shoes and such. I wanted to stop in Honeydukes and in a few other shops. Maybe we could meet up at the three broom sticks and have a few butterbeers?" Snape nodded and smiled.

"Yeah, that sounds great." Lily smiled and then headed up the Grand staircase towards the D.A.D.A classroom. James was leaning against the doorway of the classroom and smiled as Lily came up the stairs.

"Hey Lils."

"Hey." She said quietly.

"You excited for the hogsmead trip tomorrow?" He asked as he followed her into the classroom.

"Yeah." Lily said as she sat down and pulled out her Divination book.

"So, you wanna hang out at the Three Broomsticks or something tomorrow?" James asked. Lily nodded and continued reading.

"Man, I wonder what we're doing today. I hope it's a good curse, I've been dyeing to hit Malfoy with one." Lily saw James smirk out of the corner of her eye. She closed her book; she could study later in class.

"And why James, do you want to do that? He's a seventh year, a Slytherin, and can be quite testy at times. I don't think it's such a wise idea." James rolled his eyes at her.

"Your acting just like Remus would when Sirius and I try and do something fun."

"It may be fun to you, but it's just a rude and heartless prank." James shook his head and smirked. He grabbed her chin between his fingers.

"Lighten up Lils." Lily jerked away from him.

"James, if you don't mind I have to get in a bit of studying before my test in my next class." She reopened her book and began to read again. James snorted and moved away. Lily heard the chair beside her move.

"James." She closed her book and looked up irritated only to find Lucius sitting beside her. "Oh. Lucius, I thought you were James." Lily bit her lip awkwardly and Lucius smirked.

"He sure seems to flirt with you an awful lot." Lily pursed her lips.

"Yeah, it gets rather annoying."

"I agree, he's treading on territory that's already been taken. I may have to do something about it." Lucius slipped his hand into Lily's, intertwining his fingers with hers. Lily bit her lip and glanced over at James. Lucius rolled his eyes at her.

"He's right you know." He said. Lily looked at him confusedly.

"Who's right? About what?" Lucius chuckled.

"Potter's right, about you needing to lighten up." Lily gaped at him.

"What? I am lightened up." She said defensively. Lucius chuckled at her.

"No your not." Lily opened her mouth to protest and Lucius raised his eyebrows at her. She sighed.

"Alright I'm not, so I'll make you a deal."

"I'm listening."

"I'll lighten up, if you let me keep us a secret from James and Severus." Lily bit her lip and stared at him, waiting for his answer.

"Fine." Lily sighed in relief. "But, just know that keeping it a secret that we're together is going to be pretty complicated. When people know you and your seen kissing someone, word can spread pretty fast." Lucius warned her. Lily bit her lip and looked down at her book.

"I know." She said quietly. Lucius smiled and took her hand in his.

"Just relax Lily." He discreetly kissed her jaw line once and then pulled away still holding her hand underneath the table.

Professor Adders walked into the classroom.

"Class, you will not be needing your books today so please put them away and get your wands out." Lily slipped her Divination book in her bag and laid her wand on the top of the table. She had hoped they would've been taking notes or doing an essay or something so she could have studied for the Divination test. Professor Adders began to pair people up.

"Mr. Potter with Ms. Hill, Mr. Malfoy with Ms. Evans…" James turned around in his seat and looked at Lily. She saw the small amount of shock and anger spread on his face as he saw Lucius sitting beside her, or was it because they were holding hands?

"Why are you sitting by him?" James mouthed to her.

"Good, he didn't see our hands." Lily thought. James looked at her, waiting for an answer. Lily bit her lip and was saved from answering him by Professor Adders who tapped James on the shoulder and told him to turn around. Lily sighed in relief and Lucius squeezed her hand. She smiled at him and squeezed back. They listened as Professor Adders began to explain the spell they would be practicing. Lily had heard of the spell Evanesco, she had not performed it before but had seen it being performed. You cast it and the opponent would disappear completely. Lily nearly fell asleep during the explanation. The only thing that kept her mildly awake was Lucius's hand in hers and his thumb moving in circles on the back of it. But even this made her drowsy and happy. She found her mind begin to wander into uncharted territory, or in the gutter as she had heard some people call it. She snapped out of her thoughts when Lucius let go of her hand. She looked at him and he raised his eyebrows at her.

"What are we doing?" She asked quietly.

"Weren't you listening?"

"Yes. Are we performing the spell?"

"No, just a quick practice of wrist movement and incantation."

"Oh." Lily picked up her wand and practiced the movement without saying the spell.

"Alright class, face your partners and begin." Lily and Lucius rose and faced each other in the large open area of the room.

"Alright, aim your wands and cast. Now!" Lily and Lucius raised their wands at the same time.

"Evanesco!" Lily shouted. She felt the wind being knocked out of her and heard several people call out her name. She heard Lucius and James most distinctly. She could see everyone and most were still practicing but a few where dumbfoundedly searching for their partners who had been hit by the spell. Lucius walked over to where Lily had been standing and knelt down. He reached out a hand and felt her.

"A little higher up Lucius." She whispered. He raised his eyebrows and felt his hand being moved. He touched Lily's cheek.

"Sorry, I can't exactly see you you know."

"I know. So, how do I become un-invisible?" Lily asked.

"I can help with that." Professor Adders walked over to where Lucius was crouched and murmured a spell with his wand pointed directly where Lily was sitting. She reappeared and Lucius helped her up. She looked around for James but didn't see him.

"He must've been hit by the spell." Lucius suggested. "By the way sorry about earlier. Lily smiled.

"It's fine, you just had your hand a bit low." Lucius chuckled.

"I just reached out to find where you were, I didn't intend for my hand to land there."

"I know." She grasped his hand, intertwining her fingers with his. "It's fine, just a bit embarrassing that's all."

"At least no one could see you, so they didn't know where my hand landed. So that's just between you and me." Lily smiled and then gasped as James reappeared in front of them. He was sitting on the floor facing away from them but Lily slipped her hand out of Lucius's quickly just in case he turned around and saw. Lucius rolled his eyes.

"She'll have to get over that fear eventually." Lucius thought. "Because sooner or later Potter is going to see us holding hands or doing something that he would find even worse." Lucius smirked at the thought of Potter stumbling in on him and Lily kissing. Lucius would find it hilarious but knew Lily would be mortified. So he dismissed the thought entirely.

"Alright, class dismissed." Professor Adders said. He had finished casting the spell on all of the people who had been hit with Evanesco and was now filing papers on his desk.

"Ms. Evans." Lily turned around and shouldered her bag.

"Yes sir?" He motioned for her to come over. She glanced at Lucius.

"You can go." She said. He shrugged.

"I'll wait." Lily rolled her eyes and smiled and walked up to where Professor Adders sat.

"Ms. Evans, you've been doing very well in class, but I've noticed you seem to be having trouble with your wand. You seem to have trouble casting spells properly. Take today for instance, your wand backfired and you got hit with the spell instead of Mr. Malfoy."

"Yes sir, I don't know what's wrong with it. There's times when it works fine and others when it won't work at all, and it's only been getting worse."

"Well then Ms. Evans, I'm sorry to say but I think you might need a new wand. Now I'm not an expert and I don't know if that one can be fixed or not but I would look into it tomorrow."

"Yes sir. Thank you." Lily smiled briefly and then turned around and walked back to where Lucius was leaning against the doorframe. He smiled at her and she at him.

"Well let's go." They walked silently down the corridors and took their passage way to the Astronomy tower. Lucius noticed that Lily was very quiet.

"You alright?" He asked as they walked. She bit her lip.

"How the heck am I going to be able to get a new wand by tomorrow? It takes a good several days for a letter to be sent and returned by owl."

"We'll go tomorrow and stop in Olivanders and get you a new one." Lily stopped and looked at him confusedly. He stopped and faced her.

"I'll buy you a new wand. They're not that expensive and even if they were I can get the money from my parents vault in Gringotts." Lily continued to gape at him and he chuckled. "Lily, if your concerned about what my parents would say they would be fine with it, I get money from there vault all the time."

"It's not that." Lily said quietly. He raised his eyebrows at her.

"Than what is it?"

"You really would be willing to buy me a new wand." Lucius gaped at her and then laughed.

"That's what you're shocked about? That I would do that for you? I'm not that cold hearted." Lily glared at him.

"I know! It's just…" Lucius wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Just think of it as a small favor." He kissed her nose and she giggled. "Now come on, you need to get to Divination and I need to get to Herbolagy." Lily's eyes widened.

"You have Herbolagy? Then why do you spend your time walking me to my class when Herbolagy is clear out in the greenhouses? Aren't you late all the time then?" She asked. Lucius chuckled.

"Nah, I get there on time."

"How?"

"Master of secret passages, remember?" He smiled. "Hell, I probably know more passages than all the marauders put together!" Lily was taken aback.

"You know about the Marauders?" She asked in a surprised tone.

"Yeah, Severus rants about them a lot." He said. Lily smirked.

"Bet you don't know about the one in the whomping willow that leads to the Shrieking shack." Lucius raised his eyebrows at her.

"No, I didn't. How do you know about it?"

"Oh, I've been there a few times to check on Re…" She stopped talking and bit her lip.

"Check on who?" Lily shook her head and smiled.

"It's nothing. Come on, let's go." She grabbed his hand and led him through the hallways and down the stairs until they reached the tapestry that let out into the Astronomy tower. Lucius pulled her back into him before she went through the tapestry. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her against him.

"You do need to stop being so tense." He smiled at her and she smiled back.

"I made you the deal, and I'll stick to it." She said.

"I know you will." Lucius pressed his mouth to hers and kissed her.

"Mmmm…" Lily pulled away. "I've got a test coming up, I don't need my mind full of distractions." Lucius raised his eyebrows at her.

"You find my kissing distracting?" He said with a smirk.

"Yes very. Now if you don't mind, I need to get to class and at least get a little bit of studying in." Lucius chuckled and began to kiss her neck.

"Lucius!" Lily pulled away. "I need to get to class!" Lucius chuckled again.

"Alright, but I'll get you later." Lily rolled her eyes at him and then went through the tapestry and out of site.

Miranda hugged Lily as she came through the tapestry.

"God, did you get any studying done?"

"No. Did you?" Lily asked. Miranda shook her head and Lily sighed.

"Well, I guess we're just winging it then."

"Yep." Miranda agreed. "Come on, let's get in the classroom and see if we can at least study for a few minuets if nothing else." Both girls walked into the Divination classroom and sat down in their usual seats and immediately pulled out there books and began to study.

"What did five veins in a tea leaf mean again? Prosperity?" Miranda asked as she poured over her notes.

"Um, vigilance I thought. Or was that seven veins… I don't know." They both sighed and looked at each other.

"I give up, if I fail this test than I fail it. I can make it up with other assignments and stuff." Miranda said.

"Yeah, I agree." Lily closed her book and placed her chin in her hand.

"So how's Lucius?" Miranda asked. Lily shrugged.

"He's good I guess…"

"What?" Miranda asked concerned. Lily shrugged.

"Oh, it's just this whole keeping us a secret thing. I told him I was having trouble and didn't know what to do and he tells me not to keep it a secret, to tell James and Snape."

"What? Is he crazy? Does he know what James would do to you if he knew? And Snape? Well, you just don't want him finding out because he's been your best friend for like, ever."

"Yeah." Lily said with a sigh. Miranda shrugged.

"Well, Personally, I'd just let things take their course. If James finds out Lucius will probably kick his ass, and he'll probably talk Snape through it, I mean they are good friends."

"Yeah, I guess your right." Lily smiled at her friend but Miranda was looking elsewhere.

"It looks like we have a sub today." Lily looked over to where Miranda was pointing. A teacher with curly dark brown hair and a rather pinched looking face stood in the front of the classroom.

"Students please settle down and take your seats." The woman said in a high pitched nasally tone. "Professor Traught is out sick today so I am taking her place. My name is Mrs. Halfleting, I work at the Buexbatons Academy and was here on vacation so Professor Dumbledore contacted me and asked if I would be willing to teach this class. So, now, I want you all to pull out your books, read chapters twenty-three through twenty-five and write a three page essay on the subject. You will be taking the test that was supposed to be today when Mrs. Traught gets back."

"And when will that be? The sooner the better I think." A Slytherin girl who sat in the front said with a sly grin. The Professor glared shrewdly at the girl.

"Well missy, you're going to be stuck with me as your teacher for a while because Professor Traught won't be coming back for a while." The Slytherin girl went quiet and glared at the teacher. The professor sniffed disdainfully and moved away from the girl.

"Get out your books and start reading."

Lily had pondered on what could've been wrong with Professor Traught. She'd come up with many ideas and was still pondering on many of them when class was dismissed.

"So what do you think is wrong with Professor Traught?" Miranda asked as they left the Divination classroom. Lily shrugged.

"I have no clue. I would assume she's just sick." Lily said with a sigh. "But I do agree with that Slytherin girl, I hope she gets back soon. I do not really like this other teacher." She admitted.

"Yeah." Miranda agreed. "Well, I'll see you later at dinner." They hugged and went to there separate classes.

Lily's day had gone decently well. She had managed to exceed Professor McGonagall's expectations when she turned a flower in water into a beautiful fish. She had gotten her work done early in Arithmancy, which was not necessarily a good thing because Professor Vector gave her more. History of Magic was boring as usual and in charms all they did was study for the upcoming test. Lily sighed gratefully when Professor Flitwick dismissed them. She bolted quickly out of the classroom and ran up the stairs to Gryffindor tower. She ran into the common room and up into the girls dorm. Lily opened her trunk and pulled out jeans and a t-shirt. She hoped that Lucius wouldn't mind if she was a little late. After she had changed she grabbed her bag and raced back down the stairs to the classroom they used for tutoring. Lily opened the door and was surprised to see that Lucius was not there yet. She set down her bag on the table leaned against it, closing her eyes.

"You're in here early." Lily abruptly opened her eyes in alarm and then smiled when she saw that it was Lucius.

"I'm not early, you're late."

"Sorry, I got caught by a friend. So, did you get out of class early or something?"

"No, I just got out of the classroom quickly. You're just slow; I had time to change out of my robes even." She said with a smile. Lucius nodded and moved over to her.

"Nice. So, speaking of classes and people, do you think Potter heard anything earlier today in D.A.D.A?" He asked with raised eyebrows. Lily shrugged.

"I don't know, why?"

"You just seemed a little tense afterward that's all. I was hoping you would loosen up throughout the day." He said. Lily smiled at him.

"Well, I don't know if he heard anything or saw anything, but if he did, I don't care." Lucius chuckled.

"I wonder if he saw me touch you." He smiled mischievously and Lily rolled her eyes.

"Lucius, I was invisible, the only way he would've known is if he heard me tell you to move your hand a little higher up. And even then I don't think he would've guessed." Lucius shrugged.

"You never know. So has your heart stopped beating so hard since I touched you?" Lily looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"I could still feel you even though I couldn't see you." Lily smiled up at him.

"I don't know. Is it?" She grasped his hand and placed it on her chest. She felt him begin to pull away but he hesitated.

Lucius was shocked that Lily did this. He knew he shouldn't be touching her like this but his hand still lingered. Lily put her hand over the top of his and pressed it against her.

"Is it?" She moved closer to him, staring into his eyes. Lucius saw that look of lust and hunger that he had seen many times in girl's eyes when he had been in a much more easy position. His hand slid from her chest to behind her neck.

"You're too young for that Lily." He whispered. She pouted.

"I'm only sixteen." She complained.

"Still." He said doubtfully. She sighed and began to pull away. Lucius smirked at her and stepped closer. He leaned in beside her ear.

"I never did get to finish that kiss you know." He pulled her closer to him until there faces where just centimeters apart. Lucius could feel her breath on his face and tenderly kissed her lips. He felt her arms wrap around his neck and he considered pulling away.

"I can give her the pleasure once." He thought and kissed her deeper pressing his body to hers. He felt her heart beat faster and her breath quicken. If she wanted to go a little further he would let her, but not too far.

Lily wanted to kiss him more intimately, but she was afraid he would pull away. She tentatively opened her lips and he did the same. There tongues met and Lily was in complete bliss.

Lucius pulled away and began to kiss her neck. A small groan escaped Lily's lips as his hands slid up her shirt and caressed the small of her back. Lucius was surprised by his own forwardness but he didn't object to it, he actually enjoyed it. Lily lifted up his chin and kissed his lips again.

"Ehem." Both Lily and Lucius stopped kissing and looked up in alarm.

"Oh! Professor Adders. We… um. Lucius was just… Uh…" Lily's eyes were huge as she stammered at the Professor standing in the doorway. Lucius immediately let go of Lily. He quickly slid his hands out from her shirt and stepped backwards.

"Um, Professor, I… well."

"You were kissing her."

"Well yes sir. Um…" The Professor shook his head.

"Well, when I paired you two up at the beginning of the year I had expected you to at least get along somewhat but… I didn't expect this."

"I'm sorry Professor. It won't happen again." Lucius said and swallowed. Professor Adders shook his head again.

"I don't care. Just, keep the snogging to a minimum."

"Yes sir." Lucius nodded. He looked at Lily.

"How old are you two anyway?"

"Sixteen sir. Lucius is nineteen." Lily said quietly. The Professor shook his head yet again grumbled something about teenagers these days.

"I just came to tell you to practice the Evanesco spell some over the next few days. I guess I should have told you tomorrow. Well, have a… good night then." He turned on his heel and left the room, closing the door behind him. Lily burst out in a fit of giggles.

"Oh my god! I can't believe that just happened!" Lily's face was extremely red and she couldn't stop giggling. Lucius laughed.

"And we just kind of stood there dumbfounded. Ha! Did you see the look on Professor Adders face when he walked in and cleared his throat? It was priceless! Of course it caused us a lot of embarrassment, but it was still funny."

"Yeah." Lily said with a happy sigh. She hoisted herself onto the table and sat down, crossing her ankles delicately and sighed.

"Well it was fun while it lasted." She beamed at him. Lucius smiled back at her.

"And who says it has to stop?" He asked and moved closer to her. Lily uncrossed her ankles and giggled as he kissed delicately on her neck.

"Lucius, We probably ought to get to dinner." Lily said with a small smile. Lucius pulled away.

"Alright, I can take a hint." He smiled at her and picked her up by the waist spinning her in a circle before setting her on the floor. Lily smirked at him and grabbed her bag.

"Alright, tomorrow, no snogging." She said with a cocky smile. Lucius chuckled.

"During tutoring." He added with a grin and Lily rolled her eyes.

"Come on." She grabbed his arm and pulled him out of the doorway, closing the door behind her.

Lucius watched Lily walk to the Gryffindor table and smiled. She was definitely a good catch, as his friends would put it.

"Oh crap. I still have to tell them about her. Maybe they've forgotten." He murmured as he walked over to the Slytherin table.

"Hey Lucius where were you?"

"Probably out with his girl." One of his friends said.

"So were you?" Another asked. Lucius shrugged and smirked.

"Yeah." He said coolly.

"Sweet what's she like? Hot? Good kisser?" Lucius chuckled.

"Yeah, she's a damn good kisser." He said as he filled up his plate.

"That good, wow. She's from Slytherin right?" His friend raised his eyebrows and motioned towards Narcissa that sat a ways down the table.

"No." Lucius said cautiously.

"No as in it's not Narcissa that you've been making out with or no that she's not a Slytherin." Lucius took a deep breath.

"No… to both." His friend's eyes got wide.

"Dood, what house is she from, you better not be dating a Ravenclaw, you don't want a girl that's smarter than you." Lucius shook his head. Damn, he never should've brought up the topic that he had a girlfriend.

"She's a Gryffindor alright." His friends went silent.

"Your kidding man, seriously you've got to be kidding." His friend turned to Avery.

"He's kidding right?" Avery chuckled.

"No, she's pretty damn hot though I will admit." Lucius glared at Avery who held up his hands.

"Hey, I'm just saying that cause it's true. She may be a Gryffindor but she sure has a nice body."

"Avery." Lucius said quietly.

"I mean you should've seen her in the dress she wore to Sluggies party, talk about s-e-x-y!"

"Avery!" Lucius was glaring angrily at his friend with a look that said, "shut the hell up!" Avery smirked.

"Sorry mate. I'm just telling the truth, she's ho…"

"Say one more word about Lily and will hit you with such a painful curse they will send you to friggen St. Mungos for the rest of the year." Avery went silent.

"Jeez, lighten up, I was just joking around Lucius."

"Not good to joke around about another guy's girl Avery, no matter how hot she is." Lucius said coldly.

"Well she is hot I'll give her that."

"Ha! You couldn't give her anything, bet Lucius has given her some things to be real pleased about, considering he's normally always late for dinner. Hell, I've seen them in the corridors, and I agree with Avery Lucius, she is hot. Her red hair is amazing!" Lucius rolled his eyes at his friends.

"Ok, I think we all get that she's hot. Now can we please drop the subject?" Lucius asked. His friends laughed.

"Hey at least be glad you got her before that Potter kid did. God I've heard he's been after her forever!" At this comment Snape looked up. He knew that the one girl Potter liked most was Lily. He looked over at Lucius.

"Is Lily going out with Lucius?" The idea horrified him. He couldn't bear to lose her to Potter, but losing her to Lucius. Who he'd looked up to since he began going to Hogwarts? No, it couldn't be true. Lily wouldn't go out with him. And Potter liked other girls. Hell, he was a player. So it could have been any one of the girls in this school for all Snape knew. This comforted him a little bit. But that small thought still lingered at the edge of his mind. "Could Lily and Lucius really be together? The thought of them kissing made him shudder. It just wasn't possible. "

Lily and Miranda walked up the stairs laughing and talking. Lily was telling her friend about her and Lucius' tutoring session.

"Oh my god! He really did do that?" Miranda said with a giggle.

"Yeah. It was amazing!" Lily said and beamed.

"Oh! How I'd love to have Lane touch me that way! Mmhm!" Miranda swooned.

"Your still obsessed over that jerk?" Lily asked in a surprised tone. Miranda sighed.

"He may be a jerk at times. But man, he sure is delicious!"

"Whose delicious ladies? Lils are you swooning over your undying love for me?" James walked up behind them and placed his arms over both their shoulders.

"Only in a million years James." Lily said with a laugh.

"So you ladies excited for hogsmead tomorrow?" James asked with a grin.

"I hear they have some new merchandise in the Joke shop." He teasingly poked them both. "Eh, I know you guys aren't interested in that. But let's all meet up at the Three Broomsticks to have a few butterbeers, sound good."

"Yeah, we can all meet up together, me and Lily were already planning on going there after we shop a little."

"Alright." James agreed. "So we'll meet up tomorrow and get a couple of butterbeers, agreed?"

"Agreed." Both girls said with a laugh.

"Hey James!"

"Oh, got to go. See ya Lils, Mare." He ducked away from them and ran back to Sirius and Remus and his other friends. Lily smiled.

"James is so funny sometimes, I swear." She laughed. Miranda smiled.

"Yeah, he can be hilarious and yet so mean." Miranda said with a sigh. Lily shrugged.

"That's just James for you. Cazoolingers." She said to the Portrait of the Fat Lady. They climbed inside the portrait hole and into the common room.

"Well, Lily, I think I'm going to turn in. I have to wake up early and take a shower. And you might consider going to bed too. You must be exhausted after all that snogging." Miranda said teasingly.

"Oh, shut up!" Lily said and rolled her eyes.

"But I'm right though aren't I?

"Oh yes, my lips and tongue are so tiered from snogging him soo much!" Lily said sarcastically.

"And a little more. Don't forget the little more. It wasn't all just tongue." Lily rolled her eyes at her friend.

"He just kissed my neck. No big deal."

"And went under your shirt."

"Only my back and stomach."

"And it sent shivers up your spine the entire time. Bet you were wishing he'd done more."

"No Mare, that's gross!" Lily said with a laugh.

"You're laughing, so you do wish it." Miranda said and both girls were giggling madly as they went up to the girl's dormitory and shut the door.

Someone rose from the chair they had been sitting in, listening quietly to the conversation. The portrait hole opened and James, Remus and Sirius came into the common room.

"Well night James." Remus and Sirius left for the boy's dorm and James followed.

"Hey Potter." James turned around.

"Oh hey Nosk." James said and smiled.

"Can I talk to you for a minuet?"

"Sure, do we have an upcoming practice or something?"

"Um, no. But I have some news. Evans and her friend."

"Lily and Miranda?"

"Yeah, well they came in here not too long ago giggling about some guy Evans was with. Apparently they've been snogging an awful lot, and not just that." James eyes widened.

"What! Who?" He asked angrily. Nosk shrugged.

"I don't know, they didn't say his name, but Lily seems pretty into him though. Just thought you'd want to know."

"Yeah, thanks."

"No problem, I just knew you liked her and thought you would find that pretty interesting."

"I definitely do." James said darkly. He turned around and headed up the stairs into the boys dormitory, slamming the door behind him.

Lily was giddy when she woke up. She swung her feet over the bed and glanced at the clock.

"Eight. Miranda's probably already up." She thought and glanced towards her friend's bed.

"Yep." Lily chuckled and got up to dress. She pulled on jeans and a white T-shirt. "Should be nice enough out for one." She slipped it on and brushed out her hair. Lily touched up her makeup and grabbed her purse with her money and wand in it. She walked down into the common room.

"Yeah, he seemed pretty pissed last night. Mumbled something about Lily and then went to bed." Remus was saying to Sirius.

"Who was saying something about me?" Lily asked as she leaned against the couch.

"James was. He seemed pretty angry too. Did you come down and say something to him?" Remus asked. Lily shook her head.

"No, I didn't come back down at all after I went to bed."

"Well, Nosk was in the room when we came in and James stopped to talk to him. Maybe he said something." Sirius suggested.

"Who knows what Nosk said to piss James off, personally I really don't care. Come on; let's go get some breakfast before we have to leave." Both boys stood and left through the portrait hole. Lily followed them but kept her distance.

"I wonder what James was so miffed about? And what did it have to do with me?" She sighed and continued quietly down the hallways towards the Great Hall for breakfast.

Miranda was sitting at there usual spot at the Gryffindor table when Lily walked into the Great Hall.

"Hey Lily!" Miranda said. Lily smiled and sat down.

"Hey, what have I missed?"

"Nothing much. Hey do you think that James could have possibly heard our conversation last night in the common room?" She asked.

"No, there was no one in there but us I thought. Why?" Lily asked biting her lip worriedly.

"He's been giving me dark looks ever since I got here."

"Oh." Lily said. "Well, let's not worry about it. He should get over it, whatever it is." Lily gave her friend a reassuring smile but she wouldn't believe it herself. James knew something, or suspected something, she didn't know, but she did know it could mean trouble.

Lily and Miranda finished eating and left the great hall. They headed outside to the carriages.

"Don't you think you should've brought a jacket Lily?" Miranda asked as they climbed into a carriage. Lily shrugged.

"I should be ok, the skies clear and the sun is shining a little bit. I'll be fine." Lily said and smiled.

"Alright, but if you get cold, I have my jacket."

"Alright." Lily looked out of the window as the carriage pulled away from the castle and it grew smaller and smaller. They reached hogsmead quickly and the carriages stopped. Lily and Miranda climbed out and beamed at each other.

"Where to first?" Miranda asked. Lily shrugged.

"Madame Malkins to browse shoes and dresses?"

"Sure." They walked down the bustling cobble stone streets and entered the busy little shop. It was full of girls from Hogwarts and older witches all browsing for clothes and shoes and jewelry."

"Wow, it's really packed in here." Lily commented as they squeezed around people to the dress racks.

"Yeah. I mean, you would expect people to be outside window-shopping with it being so nice out." Miranda said as she skimmed over the dresses and finding nothing of interest moved on to the shoes.

"Ooh! Lily, what do you think?" Miranda held up a pair of bright orange high heels. Lily made a disgusted face.

"Eeew. No way! There like something you would see in a muggle magazine for Halloween." Miranda gave Lily a puzzled look.

"Halloween?" She asked.

"It's a holiday where little kids dress up as there favorite monsters and such. Goblin's, werewolves, witches, things like that."

"Why would you want to dress up like a goblin? There so ugly."

"Ehem." Miranda looked down and found that a goblin was standing beside her wearing brightly colored robes.

"Oh! I mean, I just think it's dumb for muggles to dress like you. I mean you're not ugly at all ma'am." The female goblin sniffed disdainfully and walked away.

"Jeez." Miranda said. Lily laughed.

"That was bad. I mean there short enough you don't know they're there."

"Yeah until they make themselves known. Jeez, I didn't even know there were female goblins." Miranda chuckled. "I thought they were all male." Lily chuckled and rolled her eyes.

"I guess she proved you wrong."

"Yeah, I guess so. So, have you found anything?" Miranda asked.

"Not really." Lily admitted. Miranda sighed.

"Yeah, me neither, should we go to the joke shop and see if we can find James, Remus, and Sirius?"

"Sure, why not." The two girls left the dress shop and headed for the small joke shop. There were many people crammed in the small shop laughing a joking about.

"Lily, there's Remus. Remus!" He looked up and waved at the girls who made there way over to him.

"Hey." He said. "What are you guys doing in here?"

"We came to find you guys and ask if you want to go get a few butterbeers?"

"Sounds great. Let me just fetch Sirius and James and we'll go."

"Alright." Lily and Miranda said in unison. Remus walked away and Miranda began to look at some of the merchandise.

"Ooh, Lily, look love potions!" Miranda grabbed Lily's wrist and dragged her over to the stand of love potions. She giggled.

"Do you think one of these would work on Nosk?" She asked slyly. Lily rolled her eyes.

"No, I don't think it would." Lily examined some other things and left Miranda gawking at the love potions. She glanced out of the window and saw Lucius walk by. He turned down the street and headed strait for the hogshead pub.

"What's he doing going in there? They don't have good butterbeer." Lily thought. She looked around and saw that Miranda wasn't anywhere near her so she quietly slipped out the back door. Lily walked down the cobble stone streets and entered the rather quiet old pub. The bar tender that looked to be as old as the pub itself looked up at her and frowned slightly. She walked over by the counter.

"Not a very good place for you to be missy." He said in a scraggly voice. She shrugged at him.

"I'm looking for someone." The bar tender nodded and shuffled away.

"Mmm. Bit a tasty looking flesh that just walked through the door. She's a pretty one." Lucius looked up.

"What?" He glanced over at the bar and was shocked to see Lily standing there. He was even more horrified by the way Finrir Greyback was staring at her. He had a hungry expression on his face and nonchalantly licked his lips.

"Excuse me for a moment." Lucius stood and walked over to Lily.

"Lily!" She jumped.

"Oh, Lucius. Sorry…"

"What the hell are you doing in here?" He demanded. She bit her lip and shrugged.

"I saw you, and followed you in here." Lucius shook his head at her.

"Not a wise decision Lily. Wait here. I'll be back in a minuet." Lucius turned away from her and walked back over to the table he had been sitting at. A man in a hooded cloak sat across from him. His face was shrouded in the cloak and in the shadows so Lily couldn't see who he was. She heard Lucius speaking in an urgent whisper. He slid something across the table and the man reached out a hand to grab it. Lily wanted to vomit. His hands were scarred and his nails were long and dirty. Both of them stood and walked over to Lily.

"I expected more than this Lucius." The man growled angrily.

"We'll discuss it Later Finrir." Lucius said calmly. Finrir growled and then looked at Lily. He smiled and Lily could smell his rancid breath. It smelled of whiskey, dirt and… blood? Lily shivered slightly and stepped away from Finrir who turned back to Lucius. .

"I will be contacting your father soon."

"Very well." Lucius nodded abruptly. Finrir turned on his heel and with a loud pop, vanished. Lucius grabbed Lily's arm and dragged her out of the pub.

"What the hell were you thinking going in there after me?" Lily shrunk back from him.

"I, I don't know… I…" Tears had sprung to her eyes. Lucius sighed and smiled at her.

"Don't cry Lily. I'm sorry I got mad. You just do some pretty stupid things sometimes. It's not safe in there, I was worried." Lily swallowed hard.

"About Finrir?"

"Yes. But I'm just glad you're alright." He leaned forward and kissed her, lightly pressing her against the brick wall.

"It's getting kind of late in the afternoon. I said I would meet Mare in the Three Broomsticks for a few butterbeers." Lily said through his kisses. Lucius pulled away from her.

"Alright. We'll get your wand looked at."

"What?" Lily said with a confused expression.

"I told you yesterday we would get your wand looked at in Ollivanders. So we'll do that before we head to the Three Broomsticks."

"Oh ok. Do we need to stop by Gringotts first?"

"No, I stopped there before hand." He said with a smile.

"Alright then, let's go." Lily grasped his hand. And they walked down the bustling streets towards the old wand shop in Diagon Alley.

The door opened and the small sound of a bell could be heard throughout the quiet shop.

"Mr. Ollivander?" Lily called out.

"Ah hello Ms. Evans, Mr. Malfoy." A scraggly man came around the corner. His hair was bushy and white and his eyes bright and kind.

"If I remember correctly you came into my store three years ago for your first wand. Willow, very light and springy, ten and a half inches."

"Yes sir that's right." Lily smiled kindly.

"Ah, yes and Mr. Malfoy, it was seven years ago you came in, Ebony, strong with Dragon heart string core. I didn't expect you would still be at Hogwarts?" The old wand maker said curiously. Lucius shrugged.

"Got held back by Professor Dumbledore." Ollivander nodded wisely.

"Good man Dumbledore. Now, what can I help you with?"

"Um, it's my wand sir. It hasn't been working right since well, the beginning of the year."

"Hmmm." He held out his hand and Lily handed over her wand. Mr. Ollivander inspected every inch of it and cast a spell or two with it.

"Ms. Evans. Your wand is in very good condition. The core is not damaged, it casts fine." Lily looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"I don't understand. It hasn't been working at all for me." The elderly wand maker placed a hand on Lily's shoulder.

"My dear. You need to have confidence when you cast a spell. Direct all of your energy into your wand feel the magic and direct it. You can't cast a spell if you don't feel and believe that you can. Try working with it for a while. Practice feeling. You should get it." Lily smiled. She was relived that nothing was wrong with her wand but a little disappointed at his answer of how she could fix her problem.

"Thank you Mr. Ollivander."

"Of course my dear." He turned to Mr. Malfoy. "Did you need help with a problem with your wand or were you just accompanying Ms. Evans?"

"I was merely accompanying her sir."

"Very well then." Mr. Ollivander turned around and walked away. Lily grabbed Lucius hand and they walked out of the wand shop. They passed a few shops with a variety of things in the windows. Shrunken heads to jewelry and more. Lily paused in front of a window, her attention drawn to a very pretty necklace on display. The pendent was small but attractive, hung on a black chain. A circle of black metal the size of a quarter encased a labyrinth of metal vines intertwining and twisting in a delicate pattern. The small black leaves ending each vine had a small line of red running through the center of each leaf. A pearly white stone in the shape of a crescent moon covered the left side of the pendent, making the black vines and leaves that covered the top of it to glow with a deadly radiance. And in the middle of the glorious pendent with all of its twisting vines and glorious moon shaped stone was a small blood red teardrop. It shone out from the pendent with boldening light that reminded Lily of a perfect droplet of blood. Lucius noticed her gaze linger on the necklace for a moment as they passed. She clutched her wand.

"It's a relief that nothing is wrong with my wand." Lily said with a smile as they walked.

"That it is. I'm glad that nothing was wrong with it." Lucius said with a smirk.

"Now what's that supposed to mean?" Lily asked and turned to him, her face stern and questioning.

"It means I'm glad that nothing was wrong with your wand, so you didn't have to get another one."

"Are you saying that getting another wand would've been bad? That you didn't want to spend your money on it?"

"No Lily, I'm not saying that at all. I would've bought you a new one if you had needed it. Don't jump to conclusions."

"I'm not jumping to conclusions Lucius!" She said angrily.

"Yes Lily, you are." Lucius said sternly.

"No I am not!" Lily snapped. Lucius squeezed his eyes shut as people had started to look at them.

"Lily, stop yelling, you're being extremely immature." Lucius said quietly. Lily's eyes grew huge.

"What? I am not being immature Lucius Malfoy! You're the one being immature!"

"Lily!" Lucius grabbed her shoulders. "Lighten up. Stop being so friggen paranoid." She opened her mouth to snap at him but he cut her off. "You remember what you promised me? You promised me that you would try and lighten up. Now right now I see you breaking that promise because you are not even trying to calm down." Lily sighed.

"I'm sorry alright." She said as they stopped in front of the Three Broomsticks.

"Ok. I'll see you later." He leaned in to kiss her and she turned her head. He kissed her cheek lightly and pulled away. "See you later Lily." She nodded and turned away grasping the handle of the door. "Oh, and Lily?" She turned back around. "Try and lighten up love." She nodded again and walked into the pub closing the door behind her. Lucius sighed.

"She can be so stubborn sometimes." He grumbled and walked away.

Lily walked into the warm pub and saw her friends sitting at a table. She walked over and sat down beside Miranda.

"Lily! Where were you?" Miranda asked as she sat down.

"Yeah, did you leave the shop? We looked for you and couldn't find you." Remus said.

"Um, yeah, I went to Gringotts to get some more money. Sorry, I guess I should've told you guys." Lily said apologetically.

"It's alright, we were just worried." Miranda said.

"You want a butterbeer Lils?" James spoke for the first time since she had sat down.

"Um sure." Lily said. James waved at Madame Rosmerta who came over.

"What can I getcha sweetie?" She asked.

"One butterbeer." James said to Rosmerta. She nodded and walked off. James, Sirius, and Remus began talking about Quidditch. Miranda nudged Lily in the arm.

"So were you with… him?" Lily nodded.

"We got in a little bit of a shouting match. I regret yelling at him now." Lily said quietly. Miranda nodded.

"What about? Did he say something to you?" Remus looked over at them.

"I'll tell you later." Lily said.

The group talked and laughed for a good two hours. Rain could be heard pounding on the roof of the pub.

"Jeez, sounds like it's raining harder now." Miranda said.

"Yeah." Lily agreed. She glanced at the clock.

"Well, ladies, shall we head back?" James asked looking at them both.

"Sure." Miranda said and stood. "Come on Lily." Miranda grabbed her friend's hand. They walked out into the pouring rain and ran towards a carriage that two other students had climbed into.

"There's only room for six." James said. "One of us will have to stay."

"Lily and I will." Miranda said quickly.

"No Mare, don't waist the space in the carriage, I'll catch the next carriage. It'll be here soon." Lily said. Miranda bit her lip uncertainly.

"Are you sure Lily?"

"Yes, just go. I'll be fine." Miranda looked at her friend worriedly and then climbed into the carriage.

"Alright Lily, see you back at the castle." The door of the carriage closed and it rolled away down the rain soaked streets. Lily ran back and pressed against the outside wall of the Three Broomsticks to try and get out of the rain. It didn't help very much and she soon found herself shivering from the cold that seemed to seep all the way down into her bones. Lily heard footsteps in the rain and felt strong warm arms wrap around her.

"Lily." A male voice said. She turned around and smiled meekly up at Lucius. He smiled at her and broke away. He slipped his hand into his pocket and pulled out something. His hands slid around her neck and she felt a cold pendent hanging at her throat. She touched it and saw that it was the same necklace that had been on display in the shop window. Lily beamed at Lucius and threw her arms around him. He spun her around hugging her.

"Oh thank you Lucius! It's amazing!"

"I saw you looking at it earlier." He said with a warm smile.

"Lucius, I'm so sorry that I yelled at you. You were right, I did jump to conclusions, I was wrong. I'm sorry, please forgive me!" Lucius placed his hand on her cheek.

"I forgave you at thank you." He said with a warm smile. Lily wrapped her arms around him and hugged him. His lips found hers and they kissed passionately unknowing that they were being watched. Snape stood in the doorway of a building watching them in horror.

"No!" He cursed angrily. He couldn't possibly have lost her to him! Snape gazed at them loathingly. He wished that was him that Lily's body was pressed against. That he could taste her sweet breath and feel her body the way Lucius was.

"Damn him, damn the both of them." Snape muttered angrily. He had always loved Lily, and she had never loved him in return.

"How the hell could Lucius have gotten her? Why the hell would he even want her! His family was completely pureblood. He despised mudbloods, even joined Lord Voldemort to help rid the world of them. Why of all people would he fall for Lily Evans?"

Lucius pulled away and smirked.

"What?" Lily asked.

"Look at your shirt." Lily looked down and blushed bright red.

"Damn, I shouldn't have worn a white shirt!" She cursed and wrapped her arms around her now see through shirt.

"Should've chosen a different colored bra." Lucius said and chuckled. She glared at him.

"How was I to know it would rain!"

"You didn't." Lucius said simply as he removed his jacket and placed it around her shoulders. "Here's a carriage, come on." Three carriages had pulled up and the few kids left climbed into them. Lucius and Lily caught the last one and Lucius shut the door. Lily was shivering quietly.

"Come here." He pulled her close to him and she closed her eyes. Lily inhaled his scent. His jacket smelled exactly like the cologne he always wore and she smiled.

"What?" He asked as he observed her smiling with her eyes shut.

"You smell really good." Lily mumbled. Lucius laughed and hugged her tighter to his side.

"Your crazy sometimes Lily." He said.

"Well, it is true."

"About you being crazy?" He asked. Lily chuckled.

"I will admit, I am a little crazy, that's true. But it is very true that you. Smell. Amazing." She pecked his lips and giggled. Lucius smirked and raised his eyebrows at her.

"Well are you going to kiss me back?" She asked enticingly. Lucius pursed his lips.

"I was thinking about it." Lily smiled and grabbed his tie, pulling him forward.

"Then go ahead." She whispered quietly. Lucius placed a careful hand behind her neck and drew her closer. He stared into her eyes seriously. He had been contemplating a fact for a while and he finally decided to let it escape.

"I love you Lily." Lucius pressed his lips to hers in a soft but passionate kiss. Lily pulled away and he could see the shining tears well up in her eyes.

"I love you too Lucius." Lily whispered letting the tears fall. He kissed her again, tasting her, loving her scent, the soft feel of her skin. Lucius grasped her leg and pulled her on top of him so she straddled his legs. Lily entangled her fingers in his hair. She loved him, the feel of his body against hers, his breath on her neck, and his kisses that sent a jolt of energy through her each and every time. She wanted him. In more ways than he was probably willing to give her.

They walked silently up the path towards the large castle ahead of them both their thoughts about the other. Lily was wearing Lucius' coat as it was still raining and she didn't want her nearly dry shirt to get wet again.

"So what are you doing for the rest of the time before dinner?" Lucius asked, breaking the thoughtful silence. Lily smiled and shrugged.

"Probably just going to hang out in the common room." She said. "I'll most likely work on homework." She pushed open the large oak doors and they walked into the entrance hall. Lucius nodded thoughtfully and smiled. Lily grasped his hand as they ascended the stairs and they lapsed into a thoughtful silence once again. They talked quietly after a while, trying not to draw attention to themselves from the people that lingered in the corridors. Lily sighed as they reached Gryffindor Tower. Lucius chuckled.

"I'll see you at dinner." He pecked her lips lightly. "Now may I have my jacket?" Lily pouted.

"Aww, can't I keep it until tomorrow?" She begged and batted her eyes. Lucius smirked and rolled his eyes at her.

"Fine, give it back to me in D.A.D.A." Lily squealed and jumped into his arms to hug him and pecked him on the lips. She hugged him and he could feel the small pendent as it pressed against his throat.

"Thank you Lucius. I love you." She whispered and pulled away.

"I love you too." He said back with a small smile. She smiled back at him and then walked away through the door into Gryffindor Tower.

Lily walked up to the fat lady and was surprised to find her asleep.

"Excuse me." No response. "Excuse me!" Lily said a little louder. The fat lady jumped and awoke with a snort. She glared at Lily.

"No need to shout."

"Sorry." Lily apologized. The fat lady sniffed disdainfully.

"Password?" She asked with a clip in her tone.

"Newtonshelm." The portrait swung forward and Lily climbed through into the common room. She saw Miranda sitting on the couch reading and plopped down beside her. Miranda smiled and closed her book. She raised her eyebrows at the black suit jacket that Lily was wearing.

"Lucius." Lily said simply.

"I suspected as much." Her friend said with a laugh. She sighed and her breath caught. She breathed in deeper.

"Whoa!" Miranda smiled and sniffed the jacket. "I take it he wears cologne?" Lily smiled.

"Yeah, smells good doesn't it?"

"Oh yeah." Miranda said and breathed deeply again. "Do you know what kind it is? I may buy some just to have." She said with a laugh. Lily laughed.

"No, I don't know what kind it is. All I know is that I love it!"

"Mmmhmm, I agree one hundred percent. He may be a Slytherin, but he sure knows how to impress a girl. Weather that's through charm and good looks, kissing and cologne or just all of the above, I don't know. Well it all counts for you. But still." Miranda poked Lily in the side and smiled. Lily sighed happily.

"Yeah. Oh, and look!" Lily revealed her neck to her friend and Miranda gasped.

"Oh my god! That's gorgeous!" Miranda lifted the pendent and examined it.

"Wow, I think that's a real ruby."

"Really?" Lily stood and rushed to a mirror on a bookshelf to examine the necklace. "Holy crap, it is!" Lily exclaimed and sat down with an astonished expression. "I mean, it looked expensive, but I just liked it for the size and style. I never expected it to have real gems!"

"Lucius must really care about you." Miranda said. Lily smiled to herself.

"He does. He told me that he loved me today in the carriage." Lily said quietly.

"Did you say it back?" Miranda asked looking Lily in the eye.

"Yes, and Mare. I really think that he meant it. I really do." Lily bit her lip and smiled.

"Did you?" Miranda asked seriously.

"Yes." Lily said and looked at her friend with truth in her eyes. Miranda beamed and hugged Lily. She pulled away still gripping Lily's shoulders.

"You hooked yourself an amazing guy Lily. Lucius could seriously be good for you. I can hear the wedding bells now." Miranda said and smirked. Lily rolled her eyes and hit her friend with a throw pillow on the couch.

"Please Mare, I'm only sixteen!" Miranda shrugged and smiled.

"I was only joking. So are you going to wear the necklace to dinner?" She asked changing the subject.

"Well duh!" Lily said.

"I was just wondering with you know, James and all." Miranda said. Lily shrugged.

"If he asks, I'll just say I liked it and bought it with the money I had." Miranda nodded.

"Sounds good. Well, we'll see how he reacts." Miranda pulled Lily up from the couch. "Come on. Let's get to dinner, I'm starved, and I would presume you are to."

"Yeah, but I want to change real quick." Lily said.

"Alright. I'll wait." Lily smiled at Miranda and rushed upstairs to the dorm to change. She grabbed a pair of jeans and a shirt and quickly dressed. She came back down in black jeans and a low cut red shirt.

"Nice." Miranda said motioning to her outfit with a smirk. Lily smiled.

"I just grabbed what was on the top of my trunk. They're nice at least and they make my necklace stand out.

"Yeah, much easier for James to see." Miranda remarked. Lily shrugged.

"Like I said earlier, if James asks, I'll tell him I bought it."

"Sounds good, now let's get some dinner before I die of starvation!" Miranda said clutching her stomach and rolling her eyes back in her head. Both girls laughed and climbed out of the portrait hole and headed for the Great Hall.

The sound of laughter and talking greeted the girls as they entered the rapidly filling Great Hall. Lily spotted Lucius looking at her and smiled at him. He smiled back and raised his eyebrows at her outfit.

"Nice." He mouthed before moving away. Lily blushed and then headed towards the Gryffindor table with Miranda. Her friends gawked over the necklace when she sat down.

"Oh my god, it's so gorgeous! What store did you get it from?" Lily opened her mouth and then closed it again. She hadn't really been paying attention to the store.

"Hey Lily." Remus sat down beside her.

"Hey." She said, somewhat relieved for the distraction so she didn't have to answer her friends question about her necklace.

"Nice necklace. And it's nice you're here early for dinner for once." Remus commented. Lily smiled and rolled her eyes.

"Thanks and we made an agreement since it was the hogsmead trip today thank you very much." Lily said with a smirk. She gasped as James appeared in front of her and his fingers touched her neck. He smirked.

"Pretty." He let it drop back to her throat.

"James you scared me!" Lily snapped angrily.

"Sorry." He said. "So where'd you get the necklace? I didn't see you with it in the Three Broomsticks."

"I saw it in a store close by while I was waiting for the carriage and decided that I wanted to buy it."

"Well you have good taste. He picked it up again, keeping it closer to her neck. Lily glared at him and pulled his hand away from her as she felt his fingers move along her chest. James smirked at her and then walked away to sit by his friends. Lily snorted angrily and Miranda smirked.

"He is so… irritating sometimes!" Lily said.

"He is getting bolder."

"Too bold. I was fine with the hugs; I didn't mind him checking me out. But discreetly running his fingers along my breasts as he's looking at my necklace is not ok." Lily said.

"You going to tell Lucius?" Miranda asked quietly. Lily gaped at her.

"No! Are you insane? Lucius would probably kill him." Lily said with a chuckle. "Well maybe not kill him, but do something to make him furious."

"Like kiss you while James is around?"

"Exactly." Lily said. Miranda tapped Lily's shoulder looking towards the Great Hall doors.

"Do you have tutoring tonight?"

"Yeah, why?" Lily asked.

"Because I think Lucius is leaving for it."

"Oh." Lily said in surprise as she looked up to see Lucius leaving the Great Hall. He glanced over at her and smiled. She smiled back and realized that she hadn't eaten very much but really she wasn't all that hungry. "Well then, I better go."

"I'll come with you, so as not to look suspicious." Miranda said with a smile.

"Alright." Lily agreed. They both stood and headed out of the Great Hall.

Lily and Miranda talked some as they walked to the tutoring classroom. The halls were empty but they still spoke softly as they walked. They stopped outside of the classroom and Miranda hugged Lily.

"I'll see you later in the common room."

"Alright." Lily said.

"Tell Lucius I said hi." Miranda said with a smirk.

"Well then I'll say hello back." Both girls looked up in surprise. Lily smiled at Lucius who was leaning against the doorframe.

"Hi Lucius." Lily said. She stood on tiptoe and lightly kissed his lips.

"Well see you later Lily." Miranda said awkwardly. Lily turned and hugged her again.

"Bye." Lily said. Miranda nodded at Lucius and then walked away down the corridor and up the stairs.

Lucius grasped Lily's hand and they walked into the classroom. She set her bag on the table and felt Lucius hands slip around her waist. He turned her around and pressed her against the table. A smirk played at the edges of his lips.

"Did you wear this just to entice me?" He asked eyeing her revealed chest beneath the red ruffles of her shirt. Lily smiled.

"Well no, I honestly just grabbed it off the top of my trunk, but is it working?" Lucius chuckled and nodded.

"I don't know, it might be." He ran his thumb over the hallow of her throat and moved down along her chest making her skin tingle. Lucius was fixated to the spot on her breasts were his fingers rested. He had never thought about Lily's body all that much. Her breasts weren't too big like some girls who looked like they had just gotten Botox. Nor too small like other girls who looked they had a doctor who liked liposuction too much. Now that he thought about her body he realized he yearned to have more of it, to touch more of it and be with her fully. Lucius shook his head at the idea. It was wrong and sick.

"She is sixteen, you are nineteen Lucius. She isn't old enough for that." He sternly thought to himself.

"What's wrong?" She asked quietly when he shook his head. He looked up and met her eyes.

"Fantasizing." He murmured with a smirk. Lily smiled.

"About whaat?"

"You." Lucius said and kissed her quickly. She giggled and sighed resting her head on his chest.

"I love you Lucius." Lily said quietly. Lucius kissed the top of her head.

"I love you too." They stood there in silence for a few minuets, holding each other and then Lucius cleared his throat.

"We should probably get to work." He said, looking down at her.

"Alright." She said and spun out of his arms. He smiled at her.

"Ok, get out your wand and let's practice."

He distinctly heard Lily's light laugh. Snape stopped outside of the usually empty classroom and peered inside. Lucius and Lily were in there! Snape glared angrily at Lily. How could she betray him like this? He stood there in silence watching them. Lucius aimed his wand at Lily and with a flick of his wrist and a small flash of light Lily vanished. With another flick of his wrist she reappeared. Snape grinned evilly.

"Why not twist it up a bit? Cause her a bit of embarrassment? Hell, she deserves it for what she did to me!" Snape thought. He pointed his wand around the doorframe right as Lucius pointed his at Lily to do the spell again.

"Evanesco." Snape whispered pointing his wand at Lily's clothed body. Both spells hit at the same time. All Snape saw was a flash of red hair and then she disappeared.

"This should be fun." Snape leaned back and gazed into the room. He would love to see Lily naked.

"Lily?" Lucius asked when she didn't say anything. He heard her gasp. "What?" He asked in a panicked tone. He raised his wand and Snapes breath caught.

"Lucius Malfoy! What friggen spell did you hit me with?" Lucius stared dumbfounded at were her voice had come from.

"Evanesco. Why?"

"And what were you thinking about?" She asked an icy bite to her tone.

"Lily, I was focusing the spell to turn you invisible, what else would I be thinking?" He asked.

"Then why the hell am I standing here invisible and naked!" She yelled. Lucius gulped and his eyes grew wide.

"You're… naked?" He asked quietly. He hoped she didn't see him blush as he imagined it.

"Yes I'm naked!"

"Well, what do you want me to do?" He asked. He heard Lily sigh.

"Um… well… I don't know. Does this spell wear off?"

"It will in a bit."

"Would I have time to run to Gryffindor tower and get some clothes?" Lily asked. Lucius bit his lip.

"I wouldn't risk it." He said. "Look, I'll run up to Gryffindor tower and get Miranda."

"How will you get her? You're a Slytherin! You can't just waltz into Gryffindor tower." Lily said. "Oh!"

"What?" Lucius asked.

"Go get McGonagall."

"What! I am not bringing a teacher into this!"

"Lucius, what else can we do?" Lucius chuckled.

"You could always stay and let it wear off." He suggested with a smirk.

"I saw that and no." Lily said flatly.

"Please." Lucius was surprised to feel Lily's hands on his shoulders. He felt her lips on his and could feel the heat of her naked body just in front of him. He pulled away from her and stepped backwards.

"Alright, alright. I'm convinced. I'll get McGonagall." Lucius said. He exhaled heavily and wiped his brow.

"Thank you Lucius." Lily said with a laugh. He nodded and then left the classroom. Snape scrambled out of the way just in time and dashed around the corner. Lucius hadn't seen him and kept on walking down the corridors towards McGonagall's office on the seventh floor.

"Hey Malfoy!" Lucius stopped and turned around.

"Nosk." Lucius said coolly.

"Where you headed?" Nosk leaned against the wall blocking his path. Lucius cursed under his breath. He really didn't have time for this. Although…

"Hey Nosk, can you do me a favor?"

"For a good price." Nosk said. Lucius sighed.

"Fine, Gryffindor team can have the pitch for the rest of the week." Lucius said dismissively.

"Fine. What do you need?"

"Can you get Miranda Leur for me? I need to talk to her." Nosk looked surprised but agreed. He immediately turned around and went back into Gryffindor tower and came out a few minuets late with Miranda. She looked extremely confused and had a book in her hand.

"Lu… err, Malfoy what do you need?" Lucius raised his eyebrows at her. She looked at him curiously.

"Oh, thanks Lane."

"Sure thing." Nosk turned and left.

"Now what do you need?" Miranda asked. "Shouldn't you be in tutoring with Lily?"

"That's why I'm here." Miranda's eyes grew huge.

"She's not hurt is she?" Miranda said worry in her voice.

"No, I think she was hit double by the Evanesco spell. I expect there was someone outside the door… or I could've done it. But anyway she needs a new set of clothes." Miranda's eyes widened.

"Malfoy you better hope she was invisible when her clothes disappeared or I will…"

"She was don't worry! Jeez. Just get her some clothes will you?"

"Fine, but I'm coming with you." Lucius sighed and rolled his eyes.

"Fine." Miranda nodded and went back into Gryffindor Tower. She came out a few minuets later holding a bundle of clothes and they headed down the stairs.

Lily stood in the corner with her arms wrapped around her body.

"Jeez, when the heck is Lucius going to be back? I'm freezing!" She mumbled angrily. A knock sounded at the door.

"Lily?" It was Lucius' voice.

"Come in." Lily said. Lucius entered with Miranda.

"Hey Lils." She said. Lily looked up in surprise.

"Mare? What are you doing here? How did Lucius get ahold of you?"

"I convinced Nosk to go get her." Lucius said.

"Nice." Lily said. "Now give me the clothes and let me change. I'm freezing." Miranda held out the clothes uncertainly and felt them lift from her hands.

"Um, do you mind?" Lily said. Lucius chuckled.

"Lily, we can't see you."

"Just turn around!" Miranda said grabbing his shoulders. Lucius rolled his eyes and turned around but it was really pointless as he could see a reflection in the mirror out of the corner of his eye. It was odd seeing her clothes move and being put on but not being able to see her. He watched as she slipped her panties up her legs and easily clasped her bra behind her back. A small smirk of satisfaction played at the edges of his lips as he watched her. He silently traced the outline of her body, or at least where he thought the outline was.

"Alright. I'm dressed." She said. Lucius turned back around and waved his wand lazily in the air. Lily felt a cold tingling on her skin and then could once more see her reflection in the mirror. Lucius smiled at her. She didn't smile back. He sighed.

"Lily, you know I would not be thinking about that when we're practicing. When I practice I concentrate on what I am supposed to be doing, you know that."

"Then why the hell was I standing here for half an hour invisible and naked! Either you did cast that spell and were thinking of me being naked or something happened to go wrong!" She yelled.

"Lily! I was not thinking of you with your clothes off! I may have been fantasizing earlier but I swear that I was not while we began practicing!" He yelled back.

"Then explain why I got hit with two Evanesco spells!" Lily's face was red with anger as she said this. Lucius opened his mouth to retort and then closed it again.

"You got hit with two Evanesco spells?" He asked.

"Well, yeah, I'm pretty sure that I did. I felt yours hit and another just after it. They were so closely matched I could barely even tell." Lily said. Lucius was silent, his face grave.

"Some sick joke probably." He said. "But there's no telling who did it." He said looked apologetically at Lily.

"That's alright. They must not have wanted to see my body so badly if they cast it at the exact same time you cast Evanesco."

"They most likely did it to embarrass you."

"How would it embarrass me? I was invisible, no one could see me."

"You yelled at me didn't you? So maybe they did it to make you mad at me." Lucius said with a shrug. Lily bit her lip.

"Possibly. But no one really knows we're together." Lucius cleared his throat.

"Some of my friends do, they've apparently seen us snogging in the hallways."

"Well you two aren't exactly discreet about it. You act like most other teenagers who have boyfriends and girlfriends." Both Lily and Lucius looked over at Miranda in surprise.

"I've seen you two in the corridors, outside of classrooms and such. You snogg pretty regularly." Miranda said. Lucius nodded and Lily blushed.

"But like I said, most teenagers who have boyfriends and girlfriends snogg regularly in the corridors. Maybe even more than you two do." She shrugged and went silent. Lily sighed.

"Well, can we call it a night?" She asked Lucius. He smiled.

"Yeah." She smiled back at him.

"K, I'll see you back in the common room." Miranda smiled at Lily and then left the classroom. Lily picked up her bag and shouldered it. She bit her lip and shuffled her feet.

"What are you thinking?" Lucius asked coming up behind her. She shrugged.

"Why is life so full of embarrassment and anguish?" She asked quietly.

"Because man has made it that way." He replied.

"Have we? Or did God just cast it upon us?" Lucius was surprised by her words. He was not a godly man and did not really have a religion. He stayed silent. Lily waited for his answer but all there was was silence. Lucius pulled Lily's hair into the back and felt the soft skin of her neck. He leaned in close to her ear and placed his hands low on her hips.

"Life is not all anguish and embarrassment. There's bliss, joy… sensuality." Lily's breath caught at the word. If he was trying to entice, by Merlin it was working! Lucius ran his bottom lip across her jawline. She brought her arms up and wrapped them around his neck bringing him into a soft kiss. She stood on tiptoe her arms still wrapped about his neck and his hands still low on her hips. He moved his hands lower and began to caress her. Lily gasped aloud and Lucius stopped.

"Don't stop…" She said breathlessly. He spun her around and hugged her close to him looking down at her face. Her breathing was heavy and her eyes wide with shock. He smirked.

"Enjoy it did we?" She nodded and half smiled. He kissed along her jawline again and delicately ran his teeth along her ear lobe.

"I had to give you a little taste." He whispered alluringly.

"Well that taste felt amazing." She said breathlessly. Lucius chuckled.

"So should we go?"

"No." She said and smiled hopefully. He kissed her nose.

"Too much of a good thing my Lily." He stepped away from her and smiled. "Come on, it's late." Lily sighed but followed him out of the classroom. She bumped into his shoulder and smiled up at him. He rolled his eyes and smiled at her.

"You know Lucius Malfoy, you really have some nerve." He looked down her at her with raised eyebrows.

"You entice me, make my hormones go crazy, and as I want a hell of a lot more, you stop. I don't understand it. It drives me mad!" She said and laughed. He chuckled.

"Isn't that the point." He said with a smile turning around and walking backwards. Lily chuckled and shook her head.

"It's makes me insane you know." She said.

"I know."

"If you know than why do you do it?"

"Because it makes you want more." He said and smirked. Lily blushed a deep crimson that matched her hair.

"I don't always want more." She said haughtily. Lucius stepped extremely close to her, making her stop.

"I think you do." He whispered quietly. She felt his cool breath and instinctively leaned forward her eyes half closed.

"See." She opened her eyes and bit her lip. He smirked at her. She glared at him. "And what does it prove?" She asked with raised eyebrows. He lifted her chin up and met her eyes.

"That I have control over your emotions. It's something other guys can't do. You don't let them mess with your emotions, and yet, you go crazy over me." He said with a smirk. "So that proves it." He let go of her chin and continued walking.

"Alright." She said. "I will admit, you do have a better advantage over my emotions than most guys." He glanced sideways at her and she rolled her eyes. "Ok, you have a lot better advantage over them than other guys."

"See." He said with a smirk of satisfaction.

"Oh shut up." She said and bumped his shoulder again. He chuckled and they walked the rest of the way in silence.

Lucius stopped outside of Gryffindor Tower.

"Remember to bring me my coat tomorrow." He told Lily. She rolled her eyes at him.

"I will."

"Good." He kissed her forehead lightly. "Goodnight Lily." He pulled away and turned to leave.

"Oh, Lucius?" He turned back and looked up at her.

"By the way, was that the last sensual taste I'll experience?" She had a curious gleam in her eye as she asked. Lucius pursed his lips unsure how to answer.

"Well, time can only tell my dear." He smiled coolly and then walked away down the grand staircase. Lily huffed and shrugged.

"Well, I guess that means no." She smiled and giggled as she opened the door to Gryffindor Tower and walked inside shutting the door behind her.

Lucius smirked as he walked away from Gryffindor Tower. He knew Lily would take his answer as a no, and would probably expect more from him. He knew she enjoyed it and hell, he did too. More than he had first thought he would. He knew that she would be expecting more from him, and maybe… he would give it to her. It was high time that she got over her blasted fear of Potter finding out. Lucius would love to torture him with it. Maybe kiss her in front of him, like in D.A.D.A or something. He was tiered of her always pulling away from him when Potter was near, or had the slightest chance of seeing them together. She would pull away and melt into the background, or walk off and do something else. It infuriated him! She really needed to conquer her fears, and he was going to help her, whether she liked it or not. Lucius nodded to himself as he walked down into the dungeons and towards the Slytherin common room.

"Why so deep in thought?" A silky voice asked from behind him. He looked up and smirked at Narcissa. She was wearing her usual school attire but she always found a way to make it look ten times skimpier than was intended. She had the top unbuttoned low; her skirt was hemmed higher than was allowed revealing her bare legs. She wore high heels instead of the required shoes and her hair and makeup were perfect as always. She appeared more as a devil goddess than a student. She smiled and approached him. She ran a fingernail along his tie.

"So, what were you thinking about?" She asked with a playful smile. Lucius was tiered and didn't really want to deal with Narcissa right now.

"Not you." He said coldly and turned away from her. She gripped his arm and he turned back around to face her.

"And why not?" She asked, a cold and playful glint in her eye. Lucius sighed.

"Narcissa, I'm tiered, now will you just leave me alone?" She smirked and stepped closer to him. Lucius stepped back and ran into the wall. Narcissa smiled and pressed her body against his.

"Then can I heighten your senses?" She whispered and lightly ran a finger along his jawline.

"Dammit Narcissa! I said I don't have time…" He was cut off as she planted her mouth on his and stuck her tongue in his mouth. He felt her press her lower part against him. He grabbed her waist and roughly shoved her off of him.

"Get the hell away from me Black!" Lucius yelled at her. Her eyes widened in anger as he called her by her last name.

"How dare you call me by my last name! You treat me as though I were a mudblood!" She yelled at him.

"Well your sure as hell acting like one! Purebloods don't go around seducing people. You of all people should know that!" Lucius snapped at her.

"You stupid imbecile! How dare you refer me to one of them!" She walked towards him.

"You take one more step and I will hex you." Lucius' voice was deadly as he met Narcissa's gaze. She stopped walking towards him.

"You really don't know a good girl when you see one." She said placing a hand on her hip.

"For your information Narcissa, I already have one, so you're out of luck." Lucius said. Narcissa smirked and Lucius turned away towards the open passageway that led into the Slytherin Common room.

"You are quite a good kisser though." Narcissa said with honey in her voice. Lucius shook his head.

"Shut up Narcissa." He walked through the common room and up to the boy's dorm, collapsing on his bed.

"What's up?" Avery asked him. Lucius grunted.

"Something happen between you and your girl? I'd be willing to take her up."

"Very funny Avery." Lucius said. "But no, it's not Lily. It's Narcissa."

"What'd she do?" He asked. Lucius sat up.

"Friggin' seduced me." Lucius said with disgust.

"She is hot you have to admit. So what'd she do to you?"

"Kissed me."

"You hit her?" Lucius looked up in surprise.

"No. I don't hit girls Avery, I may yell at them, but I never hit them." He smirked. "Well, I did threaten to hex her." Avery nodded.

"Nice. She back off?"

"Yeah, but now she knows I have a girlfriend." Avery laughed.

"Does she know who? God I could just see her reaction! Lucius, your dating a Gryffindor?" Lucius chuckled at his friend's imitation of Narcissa's voice. He shook his head and stood, walking over to his trunk.

"So, we have practice tomorrow?" Avery asked. Lucius sighed.

"I was thinking about it. We need to get in a practice. Although, I promised Nosk the pitch for the rest of the week."

"What? Why?"

"We made a deal, he got Lily's friend Miranda for me and asked for something in return, so I let him have the pitch."

"Why did you need to talk to her?" Avery asked.

"Oh a spell went wrong and Lily was invisible and naked." Lucius shrugged. "Nothing big." Avery's eyes were wide.

"She was naked! Did you, see her?" He asked a smirk playing on his lips. Lucius rolled his eyes.

"No. Her body was invisible as well."

"Bet you wish different." Avery said mockingly.

"Oh shut up."

"Bet you do though man."

"Alright I did, but I also enjoyed watching her put back on her clothes, unbeknownst to her." Lucius chuckled.

"Awesome. Does she have nice tits?"

"She was still invisible. The spell has to be lifted or wear off."

"Man, that sucks." Lucius shrugged.

"In some ways yes, but you still have to respect there privacy."

"Screw their privacy! Just indulge, unbeknownst to them of course." Avery said. Lucius shook his head.

"This is why I have better luck with girls mate. I respect them." Lucius said with a pointed look at his friend.

"Whatever man. If you respected her, you'd tell her everything. She seems to have told you pretty much everything about herself, so fill her in." Lucius stopped smiling.

"I don't do that out of respect. I do because if she knows, her safety is put on the line."

"But still man. Seems kind of unfair to me. I mean, she has to find out sometime."

"She might."

"I mean, you got to get over your fear sometime." Lucius paused at Avery's statement. If he broke their relationship to Potter, giving away Lily's secret, than should he tell her his secret? It did seem kind of unfair to reveal hers and keep his. Lucius shook his head.

"I don't think that's going to happen Avery. What she doesn't know won't kill her."

"Because if she did know… it would kill her". He thought grimly as he climbed into his bed and fell asleep.

Lily had stayed up for an hour talking and laughing with Mare and the Marauders. James couldn't stop bragging about how he'd fooled a prefect. He was such a showoff sometimes. Once they had gone to bed she and Mare headed up to the dorm.

"So do you still have Lucius's jacket?" Miranda asked as they began to change into there PJ's.

"Yeah." Lily said and smiled. She grabbed it off of the wardrobe and put it on. Miranda laughed.

"You know, I really don't think Lucius would much appreciate you wearing his jacket with nothing on but a bra." Lily shrugged and took off the jacket, laying it down on the bed.

"I think it's sexy." She said with a coy smile and laughed. Miranda rolled her eyes.

"So are you going to sleep with it?" She asked. Lily looked incredulously at her friend.

"Well, I would but I don't want to wrinkle it."

"Fold it neatly and put it under your pillow. That's what my mom does all the time when my dad leaves. She folds up one of his shirts and puts it under her pillow so she can smell his scent all the time. I know it's weird, but I've done it before, and it's so soothing. Give it a try." Miranda smiled and shrugged. Lily chuckled and picked up Lucius's jacket.

"What the hell." She said with a laugh and folded up the jacket neatly. Lily set it on the bed and turned back the sheets. A light purr sounded through the room and both girls looked at Lily's bed. Pavlova was curled up on Lucius's jacket and was purring loudly.

"Pavlova, silly kitty." Lily scooted her cat off of her boyfriend's jacket and stuck it neatly under her pillow.

"Well goodnight Lily." Miranda said. "Have sweet dreams." She wiggled her fingers tauntingly and laughed. Lily rolled her eyes.

"Goodnight Mare." Lily said with a chuckle. She lay down and was engulfed in the smell of Lucius's cologne. She sighed happily and flicked off the light. She felt something soft move beside her head.

"Oh Pavlova." The cat meowed softly and Lily heard a small sigh. "Alright, fine, you can stay." She said quietly and smiled. "I guess I'm not the only one who finds Lucius delicious." She thought and chuckled. "And he certainly is at that."